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  2. Conversion (word formation) - Wikipedia

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    In English, verbification typically involves simple conversion of a non-verb to a verb. The verbs to verbify and to verb, the first by derivation with an affix and the second by zero derivation, are themselves products of verbification (see autological word), and, as might be guessed, the term to verb is often used more specifically, to refer only to verbification that does not involve a ...

  3. Template:Grammatical categories - Wikipedia

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    Template documentation This template shows many articles to do with english grammar. Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( create | mirror ) and testcases ( create ) pages.

  4. Category:Nouns by type - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "Nouns by type" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of ...

  5. English nouns - Wikipedia

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    Proper nouns are a class of words such as December, Canada, Leah, and Johnson that occur within noun phrases (NPs) that are proper names, [2] though not all proper names contain proper nouns (e.g., General Electric is a proper name with no proper noun).

  6. List of grammatical cases - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of grammatical cases as they are used by various inflectional languages that have declension. This list will mark the case, when it is used, an example of it, and then finally what language(s) the case is used in.

  7. Dolch word list - Wikipedia

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    The Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words (also known as sight words), compiled by Edward William Dolch, a major proponent of the "whole-word" method of beginning reading instruction. The list was first published in a journal article in 1936 [1] and then published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948. [2]

  8. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb. Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or ...

  9. Phrase structure rules - Wikipedia

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    The first rule reads: A S consists of a NP (noun phrase) followed by a VP (verb phrase). The second rule reads: A noun phrase consists of an optional Det followed by a N (noun). The third rule means that a N (noun) can be preceded by an optional AP (adjective phrase) and followed by an optional PP (prepositional phrase). The round brackets ...